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Volvo cuts accident claims by 28%
- 11/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
One of the most comprehensive scientific studies performed on collision avoidance systems in cars reveals that Volvo Cars’ standard City Safety technology reduces insurance claims for rear-end frontal collisions by 28%. Based on real-life accumulated insurance claims data from the Swedish insurers If and Volvia, [...] -
Drivers ignorant to foreign rules
- 05/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
New research from Gocompare.com Car Insurance has found that British drivers have a worrying lack of knowledge of EU road laws, which could land them in hot water when driving abroad. In a recent study, the comparison site found that though two in five (39%) motorists are planning a foreign driving holiday this [...] -
Insurance insider investigation sees three arrested
- 01/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
An Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) investigation into the suspected fraudulent sale of an insurer’s confidential customer information has seen three people arrested across Bournemouth and Poole. The City of London Police unit took action after LV= referred suspicions that, between January and [...] -
Insurance website corrupter sentenced
- 20/04/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A Liverpool man who manipulated an insurer’s website to get £10,000 worth of car insurance for just £10 has been sentenced. Callum Mullen had previously been found guilty of two counts of fraud by false representation at Liverpool Crown Court, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s [...] -
Classic car insurance scheme introduced
- 15/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ernest R Shaw in conjunction with LV= has introduced a new insurance scheme for bodyshops and garages dealing with classic cars. Ernest R Shaw and LV= Insurance have launched an exclusive motor trade insurance scheme for bodyshops, restoration/service, repair and car sales services to the classic car [...] -
Insurance prices remain static
- 14/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Comprehensive car insurance premiums have held steady during the first quarter of 2015, according to the latest Confused.com Car Insurance Price Index in association with Towers Watson. This means that the average quoted premium for an annual comprehensive car insurance policy now stands at £591 in Q1 2015. This [...] -
Car insurance fraudster sentenced
- 10/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
A Liverpool man who manipulated an insurer’s website to get £10,000 worth of car insurance for just £10 has been sentenced. Callum Mullen had previously been found guilty of two counts of fraud by false representation at Liverpool Crown Court, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s [...] -
Concern over rise in uninsured drivers
- 10/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Insurers have conceded they are largely powerless to prevent an uptick in uninsured drivers after the Motor Insurers' Bureau reported the number of motorists without insurance had ‘plateaued out’ after a decade of steep decline, Post Online has reported. MIB CEO Ashton West told Post that from the beginning of [...] -
Ageas partners with Volkswagen
- 02/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Ageas UK and Volkswagen Financial Services have entered into an agreement that will see customers buying an Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, SEAT or Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle within the group’s retailer network benefitting from a new, fully branded motor insurance proposition from April 2015. Under the agreement, [...] -
IFB welcomes guilty verdict
- 02/04/2015
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has welcomed the guilty verdicts handed down yesterday at Manchester Crown Court to a group of fraudsters who staged ‘crash for cash’ insurance scams totalling over £1 million. The fraudsters staged seven accidents in Chester over a 15-month period, targeting buses owned by [...]